While I was out a power supply failed in a spectacular fashion (I was told). I had a spare power supply so I plugged it in to the computer with the bad power supply and plugged it in. As I plugged it in I saw just how spectacular the failure was as the replacement power supply sent sparks flying out the side of the computer. I think I counted 5 or 6 pops. My initial thought is a short somewhere in the main board, but...

I'd like to try and take some of the spare parts (HDD, RAM, Optical Drive etc) but I'm not sure what the failure took out with it. My other fear is that one of these devices could have lead to the failures. Any opinion as to whether I should scrap the entire computer that blew 2 power supplies or should I try and part it out? I'd hate to risk blowing another power supply.

yea it prolly toasted @ least the board and CPU. I found a neat trick to test power supply's too you may want to check out and use in the future...

1. Open PC case
2. Unplug power cord
3. Disconnect all power leads from PSU to computer
4. Bend a paperclip into a "U" and short the GREEN lead and any BLACK lead on the PSU/motherboard connector
5. Plug in power cord and turn PSU on.

if it powers up then its good...if not ...its a projectile ! ..lol

as for your question... anything left after the memory/mb/cpu is all prolly pretty cheap stuff to buy if you dont have it laying around. Recycle the rest would be my advise.

yea it prolly toasted @ least the board and CPU. I found a neat trick to test power supply's too you may want to check out and use in the future...

1. Open PC case
2. Unplug power cord
3. Disconnect all power leads from PSU to computer
4. Bend a paperclip into a "U" and short the GREEN lead and any BLACK lead on the PSU/motherboard connector
5. Plug in power cord and turn PSU on.

if it powers up then its good...if not ...its a projectile ! ..lol

as for your question... anything left after the memory/mb/cpu is all prolly pretty cheap stuff to buy if you dont have it laying around. Recycle the rest would be my advise.

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